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The Movies of 2018: World Premieres
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Full Listing of Films Screened

Bisbee '17 Dir. Robert Greene. Documentary about restaging historical violence A
Black Mother Dir. Khalid Allah. Documentary about contemporary Jamaica A
Donbass Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. Valeriu Andriutã, Natalya Buzko, Evgeny Chistyakov A
If Beale Street Could Talk Dir. Barry Jenkins. KiKi Layne, Stephan James A

Angelo Dir. Markus Schleinzer. Makita Samba, Ryan Nzogang, Kenny Nzogang A–
Diane Dir. Kent Jones. Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O'Connell A–
First Man Dir. Damien Chazelle. Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke A–
Graves without a Name Dir. Rithy Panh. Documentary about genocide's legacies A–
Happy as Lazzaro Dir. Alice Rohrwacher. Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani A–
Isle of Dogs Dir. Wes Anderson. Voices of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin A–
Joy Dir. Sudabeh Mortezai. Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme A–
Peterloo Dir. Mike Leigh. David Moorst, Neil Bell, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson A–
Private Life Dir. Tamara Jenkins. Kathryn Hayn, Paul Giamatti, Kayli Carter A–
Ray & Liz Dir. Richard Billingham. Patrick Romer, Ella Smith, Justin Salinger A–
ROMA Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Nancy García García A–
Shoplifters Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Jyo Kairi, Lily Franky, Sakura Andô A–
Tully Dir. Jason Reitman. Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston A–
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? Dir. Roberto Minervini A–
Woman at War Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson A–

3 Faces Dir. Jafar Panahi. Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei B+
5B Dir. Paul Haggis, Dan Krauss. Documentary about first AIDS hospital ward B+

América Dirs. Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside. Documentary about elderly caretaking B+
ANIARA Dirs. Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja. Emelie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian B+
Ash Is Purest White Dir. Jia Zhangke. Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Diao Yinan B+
At War Dir. Stéphane Brizé. Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jean Grosset B+
Black Panther Dir. Ryan Coogler. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira B+
Border Dir. Ali Abbasi. Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson B+
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Dir. Marielle Heller. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant B+
Capernaum Dir. Nadine Labaki. Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw B+
Dark Money Dir. Kimberly Reed. Documentary about corporate involvement in elections B+
Eighth Grade Dir. Bo Burnham. Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael, Emily Robinson B+
An Elephant Sitting Still Dir. Hu Bo. Peng Yuchang, Zhang Yu, Wang Yuwen B+
Erased,_Ascent of the Invisible Dir. Ghassan Halwani. Documentary B+
Free Solo Dirs. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin. Documentary about climbing B+
The Gospel of Eureka Dirs. Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher. Documentary B+
Hale County This Morning, This Evening Dir. RaMell Ross. Documentary B+
The Hate U Give Dir. George Tillman, Jr. Amandla Stenberg, Russell Hornsby B+
Hereditary Dir. Ari Aster. Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro B+
High Life Dir. Claire Denis. Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth B+
The Image Book Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Images and texts evoking modern chaos A–
In My Room Dir. Ulrich Köhler. Hans Löw, Elena Radonicich, Michael Wittenborn B+
Jumpman Dir. Ivan I. Tverdovskiy. Denis Vlasenko, Anna Slyu, Vilma Kutaviciute B+
Leave No Trace Dir. Debra Granik. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Foster B+
Manta Ray Dir. Phuttiphong Aroonpheng. Wanlop Rungkumjad, Aphisit Hama B+
Monrovia, Indiana Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about a small U.S. town B+
Monsters and Men Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green. John David Washington B+
Rojo Dir. Benjamin Naishtat. Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi B+
Shirkers Dir. Sandi Tan. Documentary about the up-and-down fate of an amateur film B+
Sorry to Bother You Dir. Boots Riley. Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson B+
A Star Is Born Dir. Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott B+
Styx Dir. Wolfgang Fischer. Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Alexander Beyer B+
The Third Wife Dir. Ash Mayfair. Nguyễn Phương Trà My, Mai Thu Hường B+
Too Late to Die Young Dir. Dominga Sotomayor. Demian Hernández, Antar Machado B+
Vox Lux Dir. Brady Corbet. Raffey Cassidy, Natalie Portman, Stacy Martin, Jude Law B+

22 July Dir. Paul Greengrass. Jonas Strand Gravli, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon Øigarden B
American Woman Dir. Jake Scott. Sienna Miller, Aidan McGraw, Aidan Fiske B
Angels Are Made of Light Dir. James Longley. Documentary about Afghanistan B
As I Lay Dying Dir. Mostafa Sayyari. Majid Aghakarimi, Nader Fallah, Elham Korda B
Asako I & II Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Erika Karata, Masahiro Higashide, Sairi Itô B
The Biggest Little Farm Dir. Don Chester. Documentary about a California farm B
Birds of Passage Dirs. Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra. Natalia Reyes, José Acosta B
Blockers Dir. Kay Cannon. Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Newton B
Boy Erased Dir. Joel Edgerton. Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman B
A Bread Factory Dir. Patrick Wang. Tyne Daly, Elisabeth Henry-Macari, Zachary Sayle B
Burden Dir. Andrew Heckler. Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker B
The Burial of Kojo Dir. Blitz Bazawule. Cynthia Dankwa, Joseph Otsiman B
Burning Dir. Lee Chang-dong. Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Steven Yeun, Choi Seung-ho B
Buy Me a Gun Dir. Julio Hernández Cordón. Matilde Hernandez, Rogelio Sosa B
The Chambermaid Dir. Lila Avilés. Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez B
Christabel Dir. Alex Levy-Heller. Milla Fernandez, Lorena Castanheira B
Christopher Robin Dir. Marc Forster. Ewan McGregor, voice of Jim Cummings B
Cold War Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski. Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Borys Szyc B
Destroyer Dir. Karyn Kusama. Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell B
Falls Around Her Dir. Darlene Naponse. Tantoo Cardinal, Gail Maurice, Tina Keeper B
The Favourite Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz B
Gloria Bell Dir. Sebastián Lelio. Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius B
Hard Paint Dirs. Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon. Shico Menegat, Bruno Fernandes B
He Loves Me Dir. Konstantinos Menelaou. Hermes Pittakos, Sanuye Shoteka B
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Dir. Radu Jude B
The Kindergarten Teacher Dir. Sara Colangelo. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak B
Long Day's Journey into Night Dir. Bi Gan. Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Li Meng B
Madeline's Madeline Dir. Josephine Decker. Helena Howard, Molly Parker B
Maiden Dir. Alex Holmes. Documentary about all-female crew sailing around the world B
Mandy Dir. Panos Cosmatos. Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache B
Minding the Gap Dir. Bing Liu. Documentary about young men in Rockford, Illinois B
My Home, in Libya Dir. Martina Melilli. Documentary about a cross-cultural connection B
The Rib Dir. Zhang Wei. Yuan Weijie, Huang Jingyi, Gao Deng, Meng Hao, Shang Ze B
Sauvage Dir. Camille Vidal-Naquet. Félix Maritaud, Éric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla B
Screwdriver Dir. Bassam Jarbawi. Ziad Bakri, Jameel Khoury, Areen Omari B
Shakedown Dir. Leilah Weinraub. Documentary collage from black lesbian strip club B
The Sisters Brothers Dir. Jacques Audiard. Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed B
Sorry Angel Dir. Christophe Honoré. Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste B
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Dirs. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, et al. Grade: B
Srbenka Dir. Nebojša Slijepčević. Documentary about controversial Croatian play B
The Tale Dir. Jennifer Fox. Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter B
Touch Me Not Dir. Adina Pintilie. Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Hanna Hofmann B
Vice Dir. Adam McKay. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell B
Viper Club Dir. Maryam Keshavarz. Susan Sarandon, Julian Morris, Edie Falco B
Vision Dir. Naomi Kawase. Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Takanori Iwa B
We the Animals Dir. Jeremiah Zagar. Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Gabriel B
Whitney Dir. Kevin Macdonald. Documentary about Whitney Houston's rise and fall B
Widows Dir. Steve McQueen. Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez B
The Wild Pear Tree Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir B
Wildlife Dir. Paul Dano. Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Camp B

Amazing Grace Dirs. Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack. Record of Aretha Franklin in concert B–
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Dirs. Joen and Ethan Coen. Tim Blake Nelson B–
Ben Is Back Dir. Peter Hedges. Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton B–
BlacKkKlansman Dir. Spike Lee. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier B–
Blindspotting Dir. Carlos López Estrada. Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Javina Gavankar B–
Cities of Last Things Dir. Ho Wi Ding. Lee Hong-Chi, Jack Kao, Huang Lu B–
Colette Dir. Wash Westmoreland. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough B–
Crazy Rich Asians Dir. Jon M. Chu. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh B–
Diamantino Dirs. Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt. Carloto Cotta, Cleo Tavares B–
EXT. Night Dir. Ahmad Abdalla. Karim Kassem, Mona Hala, Sherief El Desouky B–
Fast Color Dir. Julia Hart. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney B–
The Front Runner Dir. Jason Reitman. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, Chris Coy B–
Game Night Dirs. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein. Jason Bateman B–
The Grand Bizarre Dir. Jodie Mack. Experimental collage about global fabrics B–
Holiday Dir. Isabella Eklöf. Victoria Carmen Sonne, Lai Yde, Thijs Römer, Yuval Segal B–
I Feel Pretty Dirs. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein. Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams B–
Museo Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios. Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro B–
The Nightingale Dir. Jennifer Kent. Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin B–
Ocean's Eight Dir. Gary Ross. Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway B–
A Private War Dir. Matthew Heineman. Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander B–
Rafiki Dir. Wanuri Kahiu. Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmy Gathu B–
The Raft Dir. Marcus Lindeen. Documentary about maritime anthropology experiment B–
Ready Player One Dir. Steven Spielberg. Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn B–
RBG Dirs. Julie Cohen, Betsy West. Documentary about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg B–
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland Dirs. Kate Davis, et al. Grade: B–
Sunset Dir. László Nemes. Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Levenete Molnár, Julia Jakubowska B–
Support the Girls Dir. Andrew Bujalski. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson B–
This Changes Everything Dir. Tom Donahue. Documentary about Hollywood sexism B–
Transit Dir. Christian Petzold. Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese B–
What They Had Dir. Elizabeth Chomko. Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon B–
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Dir. Morgan Neville. Documentary about Fred Rogers B–

Annihilation Dir. Alex Garland. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac C+
Beautiful Boy Dir. Felix van Groeningen. Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet C+
Climax Dir. Gaspar Noé. Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub C+
Creed II Dir. Steven Caple, Jr. Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson C+
Edge of the Knife Dirs. Gwaii Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown. Tyler York, William Russ C+
Girls of the Sun Dir. Eva Husson. Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot C+
Her Smell Dir. Alex Ross Perry. Elisabeth Moss, Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin C+
Look at Me Dir. Néjib Belkhadi. Nidhal Saadi, Idryss Kharroubi, Sawseen Maalej C+
Love, Simon Dir. Greg Berlanti. Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp C+
Mario Dir. Marcel Gisler. Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss C+
Mary Poppins Returns Dir. Rob Marshall. Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda C+
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Dir. Desiree Akhavan. Chloë Grace Moretz C+
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Dir. Christopher McQuarrie. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill C+
Mug Dir. Małgorzata Szumowska. Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Małgorzata Gorol C+
Nancy Dir. Christina Choe. Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi C+
The Rest I Make Up Dir. Michelle Memran. Documentary about Maria Irène Fornés C+
Sew the Winter to My Skin Dir. Jahmil K.T. Qubeka. Ezra Mabengeza, Peter Kurth C+
Three Identical Strangers Dir. Tim Wardle. Documentary about reunited triplets C+
The White Crow Dir. Ralph Fiennes. Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes C+

Incredibles 2 Dir. Brad Bird. Voices of Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell C
Little Woods Dir. Nia DaCosta. Tessa Thompson, Lily James, James Badge Dale C
Maya Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve. Roman Kolinka, Aarshi Banerjee, Alex Descas C
Non-Fiction Dir. Olivier Assayas. Guillaume Canet, Vincent Macaigne C
The Old Man & the Gun Dir. David Lowery. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck C
A Quiet Place Dir. John Krasinski. John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds C
Wild Rose Dir. Tom Harper. Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo C
A Wrinkle in Time Dir. Ava DuVernay. Storm Reid, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller C

Bird Box Dir. Susanne Bier. Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich C–
Call Her Ganda Dir. PJ Raval. Documentary about murdered Filipina trans sex worker C–
Dachra Dir. Abdelhamid Bouchnak. Yassmine Dimassi, Aziz Jbali, Bilel Slatnia C–
Divine Wind Dir. Merzak Allouache. Abdelatif Benahmed, Hacène Benzerari C–
The Happy Prince Dir. Rupert Everett. Rupert Everett, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas C–
Hotel by the River Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Ki Joo-bong, Kwon Hae-hyo, Yoo Joon-sang C–
In Fabric Dir. Peter Strickland. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jaygann Ayeh C–
Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again Dir. Ol Parker. Lily James, Amanda Seyfried C–
The Seagull Dir. Michael Mayer. Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Saoirse Ronan C–
Unsane Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving C–
The Wind Dir. Emma Tammi. Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, Julia Goldani Telles C–

At Eternity's Gate Dir. Julian Schnabel. Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Emmanuelle Seigner D+
Green Book Dir. Peter Farrelly. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini D+
Knife + Heart Dir. Yann Gonzalez. Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Jonathan Genet D+
Mary Queen of Scots Dir. Josie Hughes. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, James McArdle D+
The Mule Dir. Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña D+
Our Time Dir. Carlos Reygadas. Carlos Reygadas, Natalia López, Phil Burgers D+
Under the Silver Lake Dir. David Robert Mitchell. Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough D+

The 15:17 to Paris Dir. Clint Eastwood. Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler D
The Aspern Papers Dir. Julien Landais. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Joely Richardson D
Bel Canto Dir. Paul Weitz. Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ryo Kase, Tenoch Huerta D
[Censored] Dir. Sari Braithwaite. Documentary about Austrlian film censorship D
Devil's Path Dir. Matthew Montgomery. Stephen Twardokus, JD Scalzo, Steve Callahan D
Girl Dir. Lukas Dhont. Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Katelijne Damen D
Red Sparrow Dir. Francis Lawrence. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons D
Suspiria Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Angela Winkler D

Bohemian Rhapsody Dir. Bryan Singer. Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy D–
Never Look Away Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Tom Schilling, Paula Beer D–
Nobody's Fool Dir. Tyler Perry. Tika Sumpter, Tiffany Haddish, Omari Hardwick D–

Halloween Dir. David Gordon Green. Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Judy Greer F
Proud Mary Dir. Babak Najafi. Taraji P. Henson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Billy Brown F